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No. 792,104. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905.

H. WOERNER.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1904.

"Wlifiiiii I I lllll UNITED STATES Patented June 13, 1905.

HENRY *OERNER, OF NEWV YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,104, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed June 16, 1904. Serial No. 212,904. I

To all whmn it may concern.-

Beit known that I, HENRYVOERNER, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, city and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

My invention aims to provide an improvementin boxes of the sort usually made of paper, cardboard, or the like for carrying pills, powders, and similar goods which can be run out through a small hole in the box. Various boxes having this end in view have been designed; and my invention provides an improvement in detail which simplifies the manufacture, reduces the cost to a minimum, and at the same time provides for most effectively closing the aperture and preventing the undesired escape of the contents.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of the box in position to discharge the contents. Fig. .2 is side view, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section showing the box closed.

Referring to the drawings, A is a tubular shell closed at the rear end B. The shell, as will be obvious, may be either of the rectangular shape shown or of cylindrical or other suitable shape. lVithin the shell is the box proper, G, which is of tubular shape fitting the shell A and which has its front end D closed. E is a tab for pulling the box out of the shell. Boxes of this type are well known. For removing the granular, powdered, or similar contents of such a box an aperture F is provided in the outer shell. This aperture is arranged near the closed end B. so that when the box C is withdrawn, as in Fig. 1, a short distance only from its completely-closed position the contents of the box may pass out through the aperture. lVhen the box is shoved entirely into the shell, as in Fig. 3, the side of the box G acts as a shutter to close the aperture. It is essential to the best results that the aperture F shall be made in the outer shell and near the closed end B thereof. The shell and the box are usually made slightly larger at their open ends than at their closed ends, so that when the box is shoved into the shell,

as in Fig. 3, there is at the front end D a space between the box and the shell which would be sufiicient for the escape of powder or the like from the box when the latter is shoved into the shell and the air compressed therein. Therefore an aperture made in the shell near the end D would cause a considerable discharge of powder each time that the box is closed. If the aperture were made near the open end of the box or the shell, it would be necessary to withdraw the box a considerable distance in order to shake out the contents, and the closing of the box would require a considerable movement and a considerable compression of air, which would force out a portion of the powder before the box enters sufficiently in the shell to make a tight fit. By arranging the aperture F in the position shown the sides of the box fit closely against the aperture, so as to close it tightly from the begin ning of the closing movement to the end. The bearing of the open end of the box against the closed end B of the shell makes a tight closure from which no powder can escape by shaking the box, and only a slight compression of air occurs in the closing movement because of the shortness of the latter. Furthermore, it is more convenient to have the aperture near a corner of the box, as the material can always be collected more readily in the corner than upon the middle of the side of the box. A box thus apertured is substantially as cheap as a plain box would be, and the use of it involves no difiiculty whatever, nor is there any likelihood of its getting out of order.

The hole in the side of the box may be varied in design and dimensions, and one or more holes may be used in accordance with the nature of the contents.

The side G of the box which registers with the opening F is smooth and plain and at its inner end fits close to the shell, so that as soon as the open end of the box passes the opening F the side G will bear closely against said opening and will tightly close the same and avoid the escape of even the finest powder.

The box C is open entirely across its inner end, so that in closing it may readily receive (as by holding it upright with the open end upward) any powder in the shell which was not discharged through the opening F, thus again cutting such powder off from the opening and permitting an easy closing of the box.

hat I claim is The combination of a tubular shell A closed at one end B, and a tubular box (J fitting in said shell, closed at its opposite outer end D, and open entirely across its inner end to perinit at free discharge, and a free return of the contents into the box, said shell having in its side and near its closed end an aperture F through which the contents of the box may be withdrawn when the box is pulled only a witnesses.

HENRY lVOERNER.

V i tnesses:

DOMINGO A. USINA, FRED \VHITE. 

